党
dǎng HSK6

political party

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Original meaning: dark

Simplified form of 黨. Phonosemantic compound. 黑 represents the meaning and 尚 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "dark". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

尚
尚 Sound component
儿
儿 Simplified component

Shorthand for the 黑 component in the traditional character 黨.

Sources

Character origin
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Readings & variants
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